FOX VALLEY, WI (WTAQ) – It is now illegal for individuals under the age of 18 to possess electronic vaping devices in Little Chute and Kimberly.
The amendments to the existing tobacco ordinance, which went into effect January 1st, include those which do not contain nicotine.
Prohibited devices include electronic cigarettes, electronic vaping devices, personal vaporizers, digital vapor devices, electronic nicotine delivery systems, and any similar or digital device.
U.S. health officials say teenage use of e-cigarettes has reached “epidemic” levels.
According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, just under 8% of Wisconsin high school students were using e-cigarettes in 2014.
That number has skyrocketed to 20% (or one out of every five students) in 2018.
